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Subject: Re: With greater liberty comes greater responsibility

Author:
drex

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Date Posted: 07:45:39 06/06/02 Thu
In reply to: Drayab 's message, "Re: With greater liberty comes greater responsibility" on 05:05:24 06/06/02 Thu

>In my humble opinion, the reason that leaders can act
>like that and get away with it is that there is
>nothing to stop them. If the leaders had to depend on
>their people more, then they would have to learn to
>work the masses in order to accomplish their goals.
>Right now they have nothing to fear...

The leaders ARE dependant on the people and their underlings, that has been shown several times in the game even if you have not noticed it. Leaders who does not show proper respect to citizens and underlings should think twice...

>Maybe when the money runs short they will learn that
>if they are to survive they will have to repect the
>masses more, because it is their shoulders that they
>are (or should be) standing on.

I believe they already have..

>In any case, I think the system ought to be set up so
>that bad leaders perish. Give it some time, I say.
>When their money runs out and they have no more
>underlings, they will fall.

Surely, bad leaders will perish... it's just a matter of time.

>Of course, I don't have the same perspective as Elwar,
>so maybe I've got it all wrong...

I don't know the whole situation either... everything I wrote is based on my own experience.

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